Bethsabée Mucho will release a soundtrack album for the French romance Quantum Love (Une rencontre). The album features the songs from the film by artists including Alexander, Stevie Wonder, Robbie Williams, Wax Tailor, Flight Facilities, Jocelyn Brown, Des’ree, Angus Stone, Rhye, Dream Koala and more. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 21, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Quantum Love is written and directed by Lisa Azuelos (LOL (Laughing Out Loud)) and stars Sophie Marceau and Francois Cluzet. The movie follows a family man who meets a woman at a party. Fifteen days later, they meet again and the mutual attraction turns into infatuation. The romance will be released in France on April 24. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Quantum Love’ (‘Une rencontre’) Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Quantum Love, Soundtrack, Une rencontre
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 28, 2014)
Posted: March 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aria Prayogi, Boys of Abu Ghraib, Breathe In, Cesar Chavez, Clint Mansell, Dan Marocco, David Sardy, Dustin O'Halloran, Fajar Yuskemal, Joseph Trapanese, Just a Sigh, Michael Brook, Noah, Raf Keunen, Sabotage, The Raid 2
Two new movies opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the biblical epic Noah directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson, Anthony Hopkins and Logan Lerman. Clint Mansell who previously scored all of the director’s features including Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, Pi, Black Swan and The Wrestler has composed the film’s original music. Nonesuch Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the score by the composer who collaborated with the Kronos Quartet on the project. Also included is the original song Mercy Is performed by Patti Smith. For the full album details, check out our previous article. For a recent audio interview with Mansell about work on the project, visit Film Music Magazine.
Also opening wide is the action thriller Sabotage directed by David Ayer and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Olivia Williams, Mireille Enos, Sam Worthingtonq, Harold Perrineau, Terrence Howard, Joe Manganiello, Max Martini and Josh Holloway. The film’s original score is composed by David Sardy (21, Zombieland, Premium Rush) who previously collaborated with Sardy on 2012’s End of Watch. No soundtrack album has been announced. Sabotage follows an elite DEA task force that takes on the world’s deadliest drug cartels. The movie is being released by Open Road Films. To learn more about the thriller, visit the official movie website. Read the rest of this entry »
Elia Cmiral Scoring ‘Any Day’ and ‘Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt?’
Posted: March 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Any Day, Atlas Shrugged, Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?, Elia Cmiral
Elia Cmiral has recently composed the score for the upcoming indie drama Any Day. The film is written and directed by Rustam Branaman and stars Sean Bean, Eva Longoria, Kate Walsh and Tom Arnold. The movie follows an ex-fighter who is transformed by the love and forgiveness he experiences through his 11-year-old nephew. Jeanette Zhou is producing the project for Jaguar Entertainment, alongside Darryl Marshak who is producing for The Marshak/Zachary Co. and Andrew Sugerman (Conviction, Undisputed) for Pantheon Entertainment. Any Day is currently in post-production and is expected to premiere later this year. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Haunted House 2’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Haunted House 2, Jesse Voccia, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the horror spoof sequel A Haunted House 2. The album features the original end title track Amped to 12 by Shinobi Ninja, written specifically for the film, as well as the hip hop and rock songs from the movie by Sean Harris & Saint Maurice, Dula & Khalifa feat. Khat, Mazen, Soundwell feat. Dula and Markie Jay, Tyler Thomas, G4SHI, The Upperclass Men and Venom feat. Chris Classic. Also included are two tracks from the film’s original score composed by Jesse Voccia. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 15, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A Haunted House 2 is directed by Michael Tiddes and stars Marlon Wayans, Jaime Pressly, Essence Atkins, Gabriel Iglesias, Missi Pyle, Ashley Rickards, Affion Crockett and Cedric The Entertainer. The sequel follows Malcolm who, after exorcising the demons of his ex, is once again plagued by bizarre paranormal events after moving into his dream home with his girlfriend and her children. Read the rest of this entry »
David Arnold & Michael Price to Score ‘The Inbetweeners 2’
Posted: March 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Arnold, Michael Price, The Inbetweeners, The Inbetweeners 2
David Arnold and Michael Price have been hired to score the upcoming British comedy sequel The Inbetweeners 2. The film is written and directed by Iain Morris & Damon Beesley and stars Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, James Buckley and Blake Harrison. The movie follows the four friends Jay, Neil, Simon and Will as they visit Australia. Spencer Millman (The Mighty Boosh) is producing the Bwark, Zodiak Media and Film4 production. Arnold and Price have previously provided additional music for the first movie based on the hit TV series of the same title, which was released in 2011 and turned into the highest grossing British comedy of all time at the local box office. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathaniel Mechaly Scoring ‘Taxi Brooklyn’
Posted: March 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nathaniel Mechaly, NBC, Olivier Megaton, Taxi Brooklyn
Nathaniel Mechaly is composing the score for the upcoming action series Taxi Brooklyn. The show is based on Luc Besson‘sTaxi feature franchise and stars Chyler Leigh, Jacky Ido, Jennifer Esposito, Ally Walker, James Colby, Bill Heck, Jose Zuniga and Raul Casso. The action comedy centers on the partnership between a streetwise Marseilles-born New York City taxi driver and an intensely driven NYPD detective for whom this immigrant cabbie becomes chauffeur, insider on the streets and unofficial partner. Gary Scott Thompson (Las Vegas, The Fast And The Furious) is executive producing the EuropaCorp Television production with Edouard de Vesinne and Thomas Anargyros. Read the rest of this entry »
From EDM to Film Music: Junkie XL Conquers Hollywood
Posted: March 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: 300: Rise of an Empire, Divergent, Junkie XL
Over the last year, Junkie XL aka Tom Holkenborg has quickly risen to the top of the Hollywood film music scene. Just within the last eight months, the composer had his first three major Hollywood features released in theaters, including last summer’s thriller Paranoia starring Liam Hemsworth, Harrison Ford & Gary Oldman and this month’s two top-grossing movies at the domestic box office, 300: Rise of an Empire and Divergent; and he is currently in the process of composing the music for another high profile production to come out in 2015, Mad Max: Fury Road. Growing up in Holland in a family of multi-instrumentalists, the composer was in his teens when the first samplers became available to the general public in the early 80s. “That was the time period where I really got my feet wet with electronic music and I knew from that point on what my future would be,” the composer says. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Double’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Hewitt, Richard Ayoade, score, Soundtrack, The Double
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for Richard Ayoade’s indie comedy The Double. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrew Hewitt who previously collaborated with the director on 2010’s Submarine. Also included are the songs from the film by Japanese artists Kyu Sakamoto and Jacky Yoshikawa & His Blue Comets, as well as Danny & The Islanders. The soundtrack will be released in the UK on April 4, 2014 and in the U.S. on May 6, 2014. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. The Double stars Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Noah Taylor, Yasmin Paige, Cathy Moriarty, Phyllis Somerville and James Fox. The comedy is based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novella of the same title about an insignificant man who is driven to near breakdown by the appearance of his doppelganger. The movie premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and has been picked up by Magnolia Pictures for a release in select theaters and on VOD on May 9. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Better Living Through Chemistry’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Feltenstein, Better Living Through Chemistry, John Nau, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie comedic thriller Better Living Through Chemistry. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrew Feltenstein and John Nau (Casa De Mi Padre, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 15, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Better Living Through Chemistry is written and directed by Geoff Moore & David Posamentier and stars Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Norbert Leo Butz, Ben Schwartz, Ken Howard, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda. The comedy follows a small-town pharmacist whose eventful life is turned inside out when a chance encounter with a lonely trophy wife turns into a walk on the wild side. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Quiet Ones’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 26, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lucas Vidal, score, Soundtrack, The Quiet Ones
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack album for the supernatural horror thriller The Quiet Ones. The album features the film’s original score composed and performed by Lucas Vidal (Fast & Furious 6, The Raven, The Cold Light of Day). Also included are the songs Cum On Feel The Noize by Slade and Telegram Sam by T.Rex, as well as three original Radio Caroline jingles from the 70s. The soundtrack will be released on April 22, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Quiet Ones is directed by John Pogue and stars Jared Harris, Sam Claflin, Erin Richards, Rory Fleck-Byrne and Olivia Cooke. The Hammer Films production follows a University professor who uses controversial methods and leads his students to take part in creating a Poltergeist from negative human energy. The soundtrack will be released nationwide on April 25, 2014 by Lionsgate. Read the rest of this entry »
